[Homer_J_Simpson]

The first brief excerpt below is continued from yesterday.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

[Homer_J_Simpson]

51 Miles in Belgium (Middleton) – 2-3
Two Reich Armies, Possibly 3, in Push (Middleton) – 4
Trained Saboteurs sent by Nazis to Kill Chiefs of U.S. First Army – 4
The Camera Follows the War in Europe from the Air, Sea and Land (photos) – 5-7
Landing in Norway Urged upon Allies – 7
Red Army Rings Budapest; Drives Wedges into City – 8-9
New Manila Blow Downs 39 Planes (Kluckhohn) – 9
B-29’s Again Bomb Tokyo War Plants (Horne) – 9-10
War News Summarized – 10
Our Airmen Hit Japanese on Land and Sea (photos) – 11
Manpower and Strategy (Krock) – 12
A Major Allied Set-Back (Baldwin) – 13
New Lend-Lease Pact with Russia Coming; Supplies are Still Moving, Stettinius Says – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 14-16
Forrestal Admits Recent Sea Losses – 16
Forrestal Backs Military Training – 16

[henkster]

Stalin was normally a very blunt man of few words. I’m surprised he didn’t just cut to the chase in his letter to FDR and say:

“The Red Army is going to occupy Poland and it’s bringing my puppet government with it. You just have to accept that’s going to happen.”